Sign-board



(Remodel.)

W. H. BUSHNELL & W. E'. VAN GILDER. Q SIGN BOARD. Af Y. 10.325.811 Panentedrsept. a, 1885.

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SPECIFICATIQN forming partof Letters Patent No. 325,817, dated September 8, 1885. Application iiled April 18, 1884. '(No model.)

To all whom, t may concern;

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Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. Busn- NELL and WILLIAM: H. VAN GILDER, of Perrysville, county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sign-Boards, ofV which the following is a full, clear, and exact description".

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved sign-board on which metal or other raised letters are to be fastened,which sign-board is so constructed that the letters are protected to a great extent from snow, rain, Src., and which sign-board is also so constructed that water cannot leak between the board and its metal covering.

The invention consists in a sign-board having all its surfaces covered with sheet metal.

The invention further consists in a signboard covered with sheet metal, and having a flange or guard projecting from the front and back surfaces at the top.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a board covered with sheet metal, of malleable-iron letters held on the said signboard.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate p corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved sign-board, parts being broken out and others shown in section. Fig. 2is a crosssectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of one end of the same on the line x x, Fig. 2.- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modification of the signboard. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional ele- Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sheet-metal plate for covering the sign-board shown in Fig. 4. Figs. 8 and 9 are cross-sectional elevations Aof two modifications of the sign-board. Fig. lOis a longitudinal sectional elevation of one end of the sign-board shown in Fig. 9, on the line y y of the same.

The board A, Figs. 1, 2, and 8, is covered on its front, back, and top and bottom edges by asheet metal is doubled over at the top of the front of the board to form an outwardly-projecting flange or guard of double thickness at the top of the front of the sign-board.

The sheet metal B is nailed to the board A at the bottom only, and no nails, screws, Snc., are passed through the sheet metal into the top of the board or at the top and sides, thus making it impossible for water to leak in at the top or sides of the sign-board.

The sheet-metal end pieces, D, are bent at the top and bottoni ends over the top and bottorn of the rear surfaceofthe board. The

tom edges of the board A, and are then nailed Y down, the said bent ends and the nails being covered by the sheet metal B.

The letters, made of malleable iron, are screwed on the front of the sign-board below the flange or guard C. In the construction shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 8 the front, back, top, bottom, and ends of the board are covered by a single piece, B', of sheet metal, (shown in Fig. 7,) the wings b covering the ends of the board.

A top plate, D, covered with sheet metal, is secured by screws on the top of the sign-board in such a manner that the said plate projects from the front of the sign-board and forms a guard, as shown in Fig. 5. The inner edge of the sheet metal on the under side of the top plate abuis against'thc frontof thesign-board.

If desired, a plain uncovered top plate, E, can be secured on the top edge of the signboard to form the flange or guard.

In place of the wooden top plate, covered or uncovered, a metal top plate, F, can be provided, which projects from the front and rear surfaces of the sign-board. This to'p plate can consist of a piece of sheet metal doubled over, as shown in Fig. 8, which top plate is held onthe sigu-boardby screws, or a top plate, H', can be formed by-doubling overthe sheet metal covering the board in the same manner as the Vflange is formed onthe signboard. (Shown in Figs. l and 2.) f

The above-described Vsign-boards are very simple in construction,'strong yand durable,

canbe made any size, 'and covered with sheetf iron, plain'or galvanized, sheet-copper, zinc, &c.

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Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters. Patent- 1. A sign-board having all its surfaces co'vered with sheet metal, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A signboard having its front, rear, top, and bottoni surfaces covered byasingle piece of sheet metal securedto the board at the bottom edge of the same, substantially as herein 6. The combination, with a sign-board, of 25 the metal end pieces, D7 nailed to the top and bottom edges of the board, and the sheet-metal covering B, forming a projecting ange or guard, C, and nailed or fastened to the board at the bottom, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with a sign-board covered With metal, of malleableiron letters secured on the covering and board, substantially as herein shown and described.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a signboard having all its surfaces covered With metal and provided with a guard at its top, and with malleable-iron letters on said metal covering, as set forth.

VILLIAM H. BUSHNELL. VILLTAM H. VAN GILDER.

Witnesses: 4

ALEXANDER MooRE, EUGENE S. ARNOLD. 

